The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03


dent to Captain H. Bruins, of the German
steamship Weser. for rescuing the captain
and crew of the American schooner Aurora,
March 3, 1886.
THE EAST.
Rev. Charles W. Ward, rector Of St.
Paurs Protestant Episcopal Church, Of
Englewood, N. j., in freak of insanity on
the 22d shot his wife, fred two shots at his
ive-year-old daughter, neither of which
took effect, and then shot himself through
the head. Neither he nor his wife are
dangerously wounded.
Church & Phalen, extensive dry goods
dealers, Troy, N. Y, have assigned, with
liabilities of between S225, 900 and S250, 900;
assets estimated about the same.
The Maine Legislature has passed a law
adopting the Eastern standard time to be
applied to all the State, county and town
business.
Order League at Albany, N. Y, on the 22d
elected the following officers: President,
Hon. Charles G. Bonney, of Chicago; Secre-
tary, L. Edwin Dudley, Boston: Treasurer,
John H. Perry, Southport, Conn; General
Agent, Andrew Paxton, Chicago; and an
executive committee Of twelve.
While force Of bricklayers were en-
gagged on the 22d at Bellefonte, Pa, in lin
ing the stacks at Valentines furnaces, the
scaffolding on which they stood gave way
percipitating twelve men to the bottom Of
the stack, a distance Of sixty-6ve feet.
Five men were killed and two others fatally
injured. ALI the killed were single men
and belonged in Pittsburgh.
James Morrison, the judge of election in
the Second district of the Twelfth ward, Of
f<1
ago for completely in the fraud practiced in
that district at the recent municipal cleo
ton, died on the 23d in the county Jail.
In the New Jersey Legislature on the 23d
q resolution requesting Speaker Baird to
resign was defeated.
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons on
the 33d granted a rehearing in the case Of
Milton Weston, the Chicago capitalist now
undergoing imprisonment in the Riverside
peniteptiary for completely in the Murrays-
vile gas well riots.
The Grand Army Encampment at Albany,
N. Y, on the 2Sd adopted resolution ask
ing Congress to pass the Dependent Pen
sion bill over the Presidents veto.
The New York G. A. R. State Encamp-
ment on the oath elected Major George b.
Treadwell as Department Commander.
William P. Busch, who is under death
Of his brothers some time ago, escaped from
Jail on the oath by filing the iron bars from
the cell window. A reward OF $500 is offered
by the sheriff for his arrest, dead or alive.
Captain John Patten, for over half a CEN
tury one of the most prominent ship-build-
ers Of Bath, Me-, died on the oath in his
ninety eighth year. He leaves fortune of
$500,0
At Rochester, N. Y, on the oath William
Spencer was struck on the head by scut-
tie door raised from the roof Of barn by
the wind and instantly killed.
Contracts have just been let by the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad for
the building of large coal trestle and
storage bin, with capacity Of 100000 tons,
on the outskirts Of Buffalo, N. Y. The cost
will be $500, 600. The trestle will be a mile
long and probably the largest structure OF
the kind in the world.
The iron-workers' strike at Mingo juno
tion, Pa, has resulted in a declaration of
war between the heAmalgamated Association
and the Knights of Labor, which may spread
throughout the country. The trouble was
caused by a conflict Of authority, both asso-
Citations wanting to rule the men. All
efforts to effect compromise have failed
and open warfare has been inaugurated.
Barber Drum and his wife, aged fifty,
were burned to death in their dwelling at
Big Flats, N. Y, on the 18th. They were
alone in the house and the origin of the fire
is unknown.
Robert L. Cutting, the well-known New
York banker and broker, and an old mem
ber of the Stock Exchange, died in that city
on the 25th.
A proclamation has been issued by the
Maine State Commission on diseases Of
cattle, declaring quarantine against al
cattle coming into the State from Massachu.
sets, New York and Illinois except when
in transit for export.
It is stated that Mr.. Frank Siddals, Of
Philadelphia. who recently offered $10O, ,00(
for Maud s., has increased the of er to SIPS,
O00 Mr.. Bonner has not yet replied to the
| latter one.
business failures throughout the country
for the seven days ended February Is mum
ber for the United States 1856, Canada %, 6
total of 200, compared with 261 the previou,
| week.
Twelve hundred workmen employed by
the West Rutland (Vt.) marble companies
| have demanded an increase in wages o.
from fifteen to thirty-fve cents per day
They now receive from s1.00 to S1.25 PEI
day. The men threaten to strike if thei
demands are not acceded to.
|
Waynesborough, Pa, recently convicted o
defrauding the Government, has been sen
fenced to pay fine of $500 and costs ane
three months Imprisonment.
| WEST AND SOUTH.
! Two freight trains collided on curve ol
| the Chicago & Iowa railroad, near Sabbona
ILL.,, on the 22d, causing total wreck o
both engines, and the killing of nearl,
three cars of stock The train men escapet
by jumping.
Henry Dodson, a worthless vagabond
was tried before jury at Augusta, KY.
on the 23d for mistreating his family, foun'
guilty, and was sentenced by Judge Brad
ford to be sold to the highest bidder, a
public auction, for period of seventy-fiv
days.
The Indiana Supreme Court on the %
rendered decision in the Smith, Robertson
case, in which the former prayed for an in
junction to restrain the latter from exeI
cising the duties of Lieutenant Governor,
position to which he was chosen at the ger
eral election in November last. The opinio
refuses the injunction on the ground Q
want of jurisdiction, thus in effect declaring
that the case must be decided by the Ger
eral Assembly and not by the courts.
States Attorney Grinnell, of Chicago
says that he had a long time ago invest
gated the slight suspicion that in some wa
attached to Carl and Otto Anderle, o
Blank, in connection with the haymarke
riot and had found it baseless.
The hot water heater in q chair car on tn
Wabash railroad exploded near Sidney
Ill, on the 23d. The windows were blow
out, both ends of the car shattered, and tn
entire structure injured. The car was file
with sleeping passengers at the timt
Some were seriously injured by broke
glass and pieces of iron and wood, but non
received injuries likely to prove fatal.
| A cyclone passed near GRANVILLE, Cal, O
the 23d for distance of six miles, and ca
ried everything before it, destroying fence
and cabins Its breadth was about fort
feet. It is the first ever reported west
the Rocky Mountains.
Sharp's stove foundry atSteubenville, o
was damaged by fire to the extent of $12, OF
on the 23d. This is the sixth time the foul
dry has been burned within twenty year.
Benjamin F. Taylor, the distinguishe
poet and author, died at his home in Clev
, land, O., on the oath, aged sixty-seven year
J Governor Lee has issued his proclamatic
calling an extra session Of the Virgin
: Legislature on the 18th of March.
/ 4 cave-in occurred in the coal mines
the Colorado Coal and Iron Company, ne,
! Trinidad, Col, on the 9th, by which thrs
boys were crushed to death and one ma
badiy iniItrol